The action was really well done in no time to die, tho it strayed a little into Jon wick over the top territory towards the end, which looked great but I felt was a bit of a stylistic clash. But yeah it was bad in quantum
Though I think we may finally be emerging from the pit of the Bourne/taken era of insane shaky cam and rapid fire cuts which truly was the darkest of days for action cinematography
I literally couldn't watch the Bourne Identity because of the shaky cam. Felt like I was having a seizure.
I was just making a joke about the wretched cinematography in some parts of Quantum. That opening car chase is unintelligible
I loved the part where two men with similar builds in similar grey suits had a karate fight in a ruined palazzo or something and got covered in grey masonry dust as the camera spun around them
Edge of my seat waiting to see which chalky dude emerged victorious
Parts of this at least actually sound like it could be interesting if done well. Instantly losing track of who is who, but getting a good fight in while not being sure who you're actually rooting for, only finding out after it's over.
Speaking of shaky cam, my partner recently binged through all of Blindspot and holy shit the camerawork in the first two thirds of that series is obnoxious
There's regularly scenes of the characters just standing around a table casually talking, meanwhile the camera guy is four lines of coke in and breakdancing around the room
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The guy who made Hausu is dying of cancer and changes his mind on having made his last film, deciding he wants to go out by making an epic (2h59m, and there's an intermission spot included in that) that's simultaneously 1) a love letter to films (mostly but not exclusively Japanese), 2) a longform condemnation of wars and the atrocities all participants are capable of committing in them, and 3) a prayer that our future can be better if we're willing to care enough about each other to let ourselves have the kind of happy endings we usually only save for ourselves in films
My immediate thought as a person who loved Hausu is while this is nowhere near as batshit, it's just as much of an incredible experience and I genuinely think I like it more
I've seen a lot of unhappiness in my life. But I want you to learn from movies and make your future happier
If you have Mubi or get a week free trial to it, and also a spare three hours of time, I recommend. I wish I'd gotten to experience this in a theater
I mean Dune is coming out here this week and I am seeing it on Sunday.
But my friend saw it like two or three weeks ago illegally downloaded.
Yeah, I was also planning on seeing Dune this weekend, but with Covid restrictions the theatres can only be about 40% full so it sold out faster than my friends could get organised so I guess I'm seeing it next weekend? At this point it feels like eh, the internet has already moved on to the next thing, what does one more week matter?
Hey, I did see it on Saturday! You should go see it at the Roxy or something.
Yeah that was very cool. I remember them talking about that technique once before, in a really old film about a guy who meets some tiny elf people and they all dance together. They had the guy dancing on a platform and the elf actors dancing far behind him and just lined it up perfectly. Old school VFX was so impressive.
The fact that in old Dune they didn't bother replacing the stuntman's face with Patrick Stewart's face in the shield scene is quite funny as well.
I mean Dune is coming out here this week and I am seeing it on Sunday.
But my friend saw it like two or three weeks ago illegally downloaded.
Yeah, I was also planning on seeing Dune this weekend, but with Covid restrictions the theatres can only be about 40% full so it sold out faster than my friends could get organised so I guess I'm seeing it next weekend? At this point it feels like eh, the internet has already moved on to the next thing, what does one more week matter?
Hey, I did see it on Saturday! You should go see it at the Roxy or something.
I've managed to organise my particular group of misanthropes into a showing a the Embassy this Friday on the second attempt, so I should be seeing it a few days from now. Plus the opportunity for quiet socialising afters, which has been in short order this past year, so hopefully that's nice.
I saw Dune last week and loved it. I'm glad I went in not knowing a single thing about the story or world outside of Big Worm, because that was all extremely my shit.
Also amusingly, both my dad and I love going to the cinema alone, yet we somehow managed to book the exact day, cinema, session, and adjacent seats for this.
The guy who made Hausu is dying of cancer and changes his mind on having made his last film, deciding he wants to go out by making an epic (2h59m, and there's an intermission spot included in that) that's simultaneously 1) a love letter to films (mostly but not exclusively Japanese), 2) a longform condemnation of wars and the atrocities all participants are capable of committing in them, and 3) a prayer that our future can be better if we're willing to care enough about each other to let ourselves have the kind of happy endings we usually only save for ourselves in films
My immediate thought as a person who loved Hausu is while this is nowhere near as batshit, it's just as much of an incredible experience and I genuinely think I like it more
I've seen a lot of unhappiness in my life. But I want you to learn from movies and make your future happier
If you have Mubi or get a week free trial to it, and also a spare three hours of time, I recommend. I wish I'd gotten to experience this in a theater
Definitely has House vibes.
My favorite story about that is how his daughter came up with ideas like the mirror scene, since "the imagination of a child is far more creative than anything I could come up with".
Watching robocops for the millionth time, and it’s a clever touch that the head of OCP suffers no consequences in either of them and gets away presumably scot-free
Prohass on
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Watching robocops for the millionth time, and it’s a clever touch that the head of OCP suffers no consequences in either of them and gets away presumably scot-free
"It's okay, Lewis.
We're only human."
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Obviously sucks Kevin Spacey is in it but
Every time I watch Se7en I’m left thinking, “that is a good fucking movie”
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I mostly just like that video of the guy who hates Spacey so his friends trick him into watching Se7en and he gets Spacey-bombed.
Started watching alien covenant and while not as frustrating as Prometheus I had to take a break at 40 minutes still to go and I have no compulsion to get back to it because it's just telegraphing where it'll end up way to much while being very grimdark but not actually exciting or thrilling in any way.
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You gotta kill a couple of authors when it comes to The Usual Suspects.
I really love that movie despite *waves hands*
but my favorite thing about it? in the lineup scene benecio del toro had absolutely rancid gas, and could not stop farting, which is why they are all laughing and cracking jokes instead of taking it seriously like the script called for
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my favorite part of The Usual Suspects is when the NYPD is revealed to be running a massive corrupt criminal enterprise and they suffer consequences when exposed, and also a couple of them get lit on fire
it's like Hallmark-xmas-movie-level escapist fantasy, calibrated just for me
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I literally couldn't watch the Bourne Identity because of the shaky cam. Felt like I was having a seizure.
Parts of this at least actually sound like it could be interesting if done well. Instantly losing track of who is who, but getting a good fight in while not being sure who you're actually rooting for, only finding out after it's over.
I uh, doubt that's how it played out though
There's regularly scenes of the characters just standing around a table casually talking, meanwhile the camera guy is four lines of coke in and breakdancing around the room
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The House of Mirth has some wildly anti-Semitic bits that make me suspect she probably didn’t think much of Jews.
Per the comics, it's either the family's heraldry and/or a manifestation of their hereditary madness.
I mean, come on, look at him
FYI: this one seems a bit spoilery
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It's wild how far back new movies are pushing in the week, I was surprised to see this is coming out on a Wednesday
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No, and it's good that they didn't imo
The guy who made Hausu is dying of cancer and changes his mind on having made his last film, deciding he wants to go out by making an epic (2h59m, and there's an intermission spot included in that) that's simultaneously 1) a love letter to films (mostly but not exclusively Japanese), 2) a longform condemnation of wars and the atrocities all participants are capable of committing in them, and 3) a prayer that our future can be better if we're willing to care enough about each other to let ourselves have the kind of happy endings we usually only save for ourselves in films
My immediate thought as a person who loved Hausu is while this is nowhere near as batshit, it's just as much of an incredible experience and I genuinely think I like it more
If you have Mubi or get a week free trial to it, and also a spare three hours of time, I recommend. I wish I'd gotten to experience this in a theater
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... Darby O'Gill and the Little People?
Yeah, I always assumed you wouldn’t be able to actually capture bloodthirsty vampires on film, but whaddayaknow.
I've managed to organise my particular group of misanthropes into a showing a the Embassy this Friday on the second attempt, so I should be seeing it a few days from now. Plus the opportunity for quiet socialising afters, which has been in short order this past year, so hopefully that's nice.
Also amusingly, both my dad and I love going to the cinema alone, yet we somehow managed to book the exact day, cinema, session, and adjacent seats for this.
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Definitely has House vibes.
My favorite story about that is how his daughter came up with ideas like the mirror scene, since "the imagination of a child is far more creative than anything I could come up with".
"It's okay, Lewis.
We're only human."
Every time I watch Se7en I’m left thinking, “that is a good fucking movie”
American Beauty did not age well enough to make it worth it.
Ironically, I believe American Beauty was the last ever thing I bought on VHS.
Come to think of it, this happens in an awful lot of his films, namely(recent)
Mines a toss up between that and The usual suspects.
Also Glengarry Glen Ross, but it helps that he plans a detestable villain in that one.
I really love that movie despite *waves hands*
but my favorite thing about it? in the lineup scene benecio del toro had absolutely rancid gas, and could not stop farting, which is why they are all laughing and cracking jokes instead of taking it seriously like the script called for
it's like Hallmark-xmas-movie-level escapist fantasy, calibrated just for me